Service Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Service Analyst
England > North of England

The median Service Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 109 138
Rank change year-on-year 0 +29 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 57 77 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.73% 1.61% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 1.73% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 43
10th Percentile £143 £106 £116
25th Percentile £150 £125 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £165 £225
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -26.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £244 £208 £444
90th Percentile £453 £275 £520
England median daily rate £200 £200 £225
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 33 13
10th Percentile £15.28 - £16.20
25th Percentile £16.13 £10.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.50 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -15.89% -6.81%
75th Percentile £19.63 £16.50 £20.19
90th Percentile £19.76 £19.15 £22.12
England median hourly rate £15.23 £14.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.45% +6.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Service Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Service Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Analyst in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Analyst in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +6 39 £175 -20.45% 21
Yorkshire -6 13 £225 +55.17% 7
North East - 5 £188 - 6
Service Analyst
England

Service Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Service Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (71.93%) Social Skills
2 30 (52.63%) ITIL
3 28 (49.12%) Windows
4 26 (45.61%) Customer Service
5 20 (35.09%) Active Directory
6 18 (31.58%) ServiceNow
7 16 (28.07%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (28.07%) SLA
7 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
8 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (24.56%) Windows 10
10 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
11 12 (21.05%) SC Cleared
12 11 (19.30%) Incident Management
12 11 (19.30%) SharePoint
13 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
14 9 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (15.79%) ITSM
14 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
15 8 (14.04%) Degree
16 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
16 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
16 7 (12.28%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
17 6 (10.53%) Skype
18 5 (8.77%) Finance
18 5 (8.77%) Banking
18 5 (8.77%) Android
19 4 (7.02%) Google
19 4 (7.02%) Smartphone

Service Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (19.30%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Skype for Business
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.02%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) Skype
2 4 (7.02%) DNS
2 4 (7.02%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.02%) VPN
3 3 (5.26%) LAN
3 3 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (5.26%) WAN
4 2 (3.51%) DHCP
4 2 (3.51%) VoIP
5 1 (1.75%) ADSL
5 1 (1.75%) Broadband
5 1 (1.75%) PSTN
General
1 41 (71.93%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.77%) Banking
4 5 (8.77%) Finance
5 4 (7.02%) Military
6 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.75%) German Language
8 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) Smartphone
3 3 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.51%) NHS
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (49.12%) Windows
2 14 (24.56%) Windows 10
3 5 (8.77%) Android
4 4 (7.02%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (52.63%) ITIL
2 26 (45.61%) Customer Service
3 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (19.30%) Incident Management
5 9 (15.79%) ITSM
6 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
7 4 (7.02%) Service Management
8 3 (5.26%) Analytics
8 3 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (5.26%) CRM
8 3 (5.26%) Data Analytics
8 3 (5.26%) Internal Audit
8 3 (5.26%) IT Asset Management
8 3 (5.26%) Risk Management
9 2 (3.51%) Agile
9 2 (3.51%) Chat Support
9 2 (3.51%) Computer Science
9 2 (3.51%) User Experience
10 1 (1.75%) Business Analysis
10 1 (1.75%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (14.04%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (28.07%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (35.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) ServiceNow
2 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) Google
4 3 (5.26%) Remedy
5 2 (3.51%) Cisco
5 2 (3.51%) Citrix
6 1 (1.75%) Apple
6 1 (1.75%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.75%) Oracle
6 1 (1.75%) Salesforce